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What a great competition, and how excited I continue to be to see my father's store, Schriver's, repurposed as the Knoxville Downtown Design Studio! My father, Marvin Miller, was a retailer in Downtown for years and a great supporter and MAXimum believer in its potential, and Schriver's was in Downtown for generations. Marvin's commitment to Downtown deeply influenced my career from UT Architecture to the Chattanooga Design Studio through now - close to 20 years in northern California as an urban designer and planner.

His constant belief in Downtown Knoxville outlived him, and he never saw its rebirth. But it would make him terrifically proud to see the store occupied today by young designers and Downtown Visionaries like he was and I still am.

Thanks to the UT College of Architecture & Design and the East Tennessee Community Design Center at the Knoxville Downtown Design Studio, and CONGRATULATIONS to all the contestants!